Clinical Forms of Japanese Spotted Fever from Case-Series Study, Zigui County, Hubei Province, China, 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Teng, Zhongqiu ; Gong, Ping ; Wang, Wen ; Zhao, Na ; Jin, Xiaojing ; Sun, Xiangrong ; Zhou, Haijian ; Lu, Junlin ; Lin, Xuebing ; Wen, Bohai ; Kan, Biao ; Xu, Jianguo ; Qin, Tian
• Description:
  We report a case-series study of 5 patients with Japanese spotted fever from the Three Gorges Area in China, including 1 fatal case. Seroprevalence of Rickettsia japonica was ≈21% among the local population. Our report highlights the emerging potential threat to human health of Japanese spotted fever in the area.
• Subjects:
  East Asian People Humans Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Seroepidemiologic Studies Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(1):202-206
• Pubmed ID:
  36573633
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9796216
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1f6c57c4a2b27be1b95eb9e24ab092dad10d9182f7f5efb4f7738655d79b8701
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/127620/cdc_127620_DS1.pdf
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